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The so-called "India's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier propaganda image" is synthesized by AI, and the appearance of the vessel in the image coincides with China's Fukushima in a number of key details, with the only difference only in the vessel carrier and fleet flag. The image was published by a Facebook account called "Defence News India" and has not been confirmed by other media or official channels.
According to India's latest news, the country's second domestic aircraft carrier "Vishal", which is planned but has been postponed several times, is expected to start conceptual design in 2026.
Event background
On September 5, local time, the Indian Ministry of Defense announced a 15-year national defense modernization plan, covering the military equipment procurement targets of the navy, army and air force. Among them, the Navy plans to build the country's second domestically produced aircraft carrier and the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Vishal". According to the plan, Indian nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will also be equipped with Indian domestic carrier-based fighter jets in the future.
A few days later, a Facebook account named "Defence News India" posted the news and attached a promotional photo of the so-called "nuclear-powered aircraft carrier".
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Does India's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier look like this?
"Defence News India" published the so-called "India nuclear-powered aircraft carrier picture" there are several abnormalities: the deck mark line ratio is incorrect, the ship's window is blurred, the direction of the ocean wave and tracks do not coincide, the flag image is also inconsistent with the environment, which all show the traces of artificial intelligence synthesis.
The “aircraft carrier” in the image released by “Defence News India” is very similar to China’s third aircraft carrier Fukushima in a number of key features: the number and layout of the launchers’ tracks, the shape of the flight deck, the location and appearance of the islands, the layout of the elevators, and the details of the head and sidelines. The only obvious difference is that there are several MiG-29 aircraft on the so-called “Indian aircraft carrier” and the Indian flag on the side of the fleet.
“Defence News India” released a comparison between the so-called Indian nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (up) and the Chinese Fukushima (down).
It is worth noting that while the Defense News India homepage calls itself “(India) the latest defense news and national statistics video” and publishes a lot of content related to Indian defense and military technology, the account is not an official account of the Indian government or the Ministry of Defense. Its homepage information also shows that the account belongs to a public relations and digital marketing company called IBE Media. According to data from India’s business information platform Zauba Corp, IBE Media was established on December 29, 2017 and is registered in Delhi, a non-governmental private enterprise.
In addition, except for the "Defence News India" account, no other authoritative media or official channel has publicly released photos of India's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Several times stopped by Vishnu.
According to the Indian Defence News website (India Defence News), the Indian Navy has two active aircraft carriers, one is the Russian-made "SuperJapan King" (modified by the "Gorshkov" aircraft carrier), the other is the Indian-made "Vikrant", both for the use of sliding takeoff and blocking landing of about 40,000 tons of medium-sized conventional aircraft carrier.
The "Vishal" is expected to be equipped with India's domestic new generation twin-engine carrier-based fighter (TEDBF), the naval version of the "Tejas" light fighter and the advanced medium fighter (AMCA), all developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Co., Ltd. for the Indian Navy. In addition, the aircraft carrier also plans to carry unmanned combat aircraft, fixed-wing anti-submarine aircraft and fixed-wing early warning aircraft.
According to the principle of "one ship for combat readiness, one ship for maintenance and one ship for training", the Indian Navy has been planning to have three aircraft carriers many years ago, but for various reasons, this goal has not been achieved.
At the end of 2018, the then Chief of Staff of the Indian Navy, Sunil Lamba, said that the design work on the Vishal was underway and the construction is expected to begin within three years, with the goal of being put into service in the 1920s. But the Indian Navy has repeatedly changed its plans since then. In 2019, the British Daily Mirror that India had negotiated with the UK to purchase the design map of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier as a design reference for the Vishal. In 2022, it was that the construction plan was postponed due to budget constraints, and then Indian Navy Chief of Staff, R. Harry Kumar, said it would consider building the sister ship Vishal.
In addition, the timetable listed on the Defense News website shows that the Indian Naval Design Bureau and the Cochin Shipyard plan to launch the conceptual design of the "Vishal" in 2026, and the aircraft carrier is expected to be officially in service in 2037.
The Indian Defense News website reports on the timetable for the development of the country’s first aircraft carrier.
In summary, the so-called "India's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier propaganda image" is synthesized by AI, whose ship's appearance is highly consistent in several key details with China's third aircraft carrier Fujian. The above image was published by a Facebook account called "Defence News India" and is not confirmed by other media or official channels. According to the latest news from India, the country's planned but repeatedly delayed second domestic aircraft carrier "Vishal" is expected to start conceptual design in 2026.
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by BenPeriod seniorCompiledThe Weekly Jade.